Improved iron tender-frame



Ystructed iu the ordinary manner; and

ate-ict definire.

BENJAMIN WfnnALnY, or rnovinnucnnuonn IsLANnM W Letters fuient No. 103,878, lated June 7, 1870.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN W. HEALEY, of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful-Improvement in Iron Tender-Frame; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description tliercowvliich will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved tender-frame, taken through the linex x, tig. 3.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, ta ken through the line y y, fig. 3.

Figure 3 is a. plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. Y

-My invention has for its object to furnish an iinproved iron tender-frame, which shall be lighter, stronger, and lnore durable than the frames cou- It consists in the iron-tender-frame, constructed of channel-iron and in the manner hereinafter more fully i described.

A are theside bars of the 'auie,\vl1icl1are made of channel-iron, as shown in ign2.

The side bars .A are bent at the corners of the frame, and extend inward at right angles, to forni t-he ends of the frame.

The ends' ofthe bars A meet at the center of the ends of the frame, and are secured in place by a sholt har, a', placed in the channel of the bars A, overlapping their joint, and is securely bolted or riveted to the body of the ends of' the said bars, as shown in fig. 1.

B are the middle longitudinal bars, which are also made of channel-iron, placed with their channels t0 ward the channels of the outer bars A.

'.llle longitudinal bars Aand B uponcach side oil the trame are connected to each other and strengthcned by the V-shapcd braces C, each pair vof which is bolted or riveted to each other at their middle parts, and their ends are placed inthe channels of the bars A B, and bolted or riveted to the body of the said bars A B.

'].hsee, moreor less, pairs of braces, C, are used upon each side, according to the size of the frame.

The ends of the bars B are connected wit-h the hars A at the ends of the frame, by the plates D, which plates D are securely bolted or riveted to the bars A and B, as shown in figs. 1 and 3, said bolts or rivets, passing through the flanges of the bars A B.

The bars B are also connected to each other, at dii'- ferent points oi' their length, by-the plates E and F, bolted or riveted to the upper or lower sides of the said bars.

lhe plates D E F not only strengthen the frame,

bars A B, of-channel-iron, short bars a', brace-bars C,

and plates D E F, sdbstantially in the manner and for the purpose herein; set forth and described.

BENJAMIN W. HEALEY.

Witnesses: v

T. B. DAWSON, Jr., CHARLES MAfr'rEsoN. 

